Angler, 86, pulled unconscious from Stearns Bayou off Grand River

ROBINSON TOWNSHIP -- An 86-year-old man from Grand Haven is in "grave condition" after almost drowning while fishing in Stearns Bayou off the Grand River, police said.

Ottawa County sheriff's deputies were called at 12:08 p.m. to the bayou near 136th Ave and Green Street today after reports of a boat with no operator circling the bayou. Police arrived and pulled the man's unconscious body out of the water with a citizen's assistance.

The man was unable to be resuscitated on the scene and was transported to North Ottawa Community Hospital, Lt. Mike Brookhouse said. He said the bayou is a peaceful fishing area "quite a ways" off the river.

"We don't know if he had a medical condition and fell out of the boat, or just fell out of the boat," he said.